By Justin Lee | 3 Comments
Posted: Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 4:00 pm

Cellular providers Rogers / Fido Canada has been enjoying a monopoly selling the iPhone because of it’s GSM network. With Bell and Telus on CDMA, the Apple iPhone would never come to them, so they banded together to create an overlay on their CDMA network to allow GSM phones to work. That day is near with Bell and Telus officially announcing that the Apple iPhone 3GS is headed to their network in November,.

What does this mean to consumers, while the price of the iPhone’s in Canada won’t drop, the competition for iPhone plans will start to heat up and hopefully will result in better prices. Also, consumers who were on Bell and Telus can soon buy any unlocked phone and just simply purchase a sim card. Although no word on when unlocked phones will be allowed on Bell or Telus networks.

Bell and Apple have reached an agreement to bring iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS to Canada this November. To learn more about Bell’s new 3G network, please visit bell.ca/network.

Bell is Canada’s largest communications company, providing consumers and business with solutions to all their communications needs, including Bell Mobility wireless, high-speed Bell Internet, Bell TV direct-to-home satellite television, Bell Home phone local and long distance, and IP-broadband and information and communications technology (ICT) services. Bell is proud to be a Premier National Partner and the exclusive Telecommunications Partner to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Bell is wholly owned by BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE). For information on Bell’s products and services, please visit bell.ca. For BCE corporate information, please visit bce.ca.

TELUS and Apple have reached an agreement to bring iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS to Canada this November. Additional information about pricing and availability will be shared in the coming weeks.

Customers can sign up for more information and updates at telusmobility.com/iphone.

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